Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 13:3
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
3. this day ] i.e. the 15th of Abib.
house of bondage (lit. of bondmen or slaves)] so v. 14, Exo 20:2; and hence often in Dt. (Deu 5:6 [= Deu 20:2 ], Deu 6:12, Deu 7:8, Deu 8:14, Deu 13:5; Deu 13:10), and Jos 24:17 (D 2 [135] ); also Mic 6:4 . The expression means a place in which slaves are confined (Lat. ergastulum), such as Egypt was to the Hebrews in bondage.
[135] Deuteronomic passages in Josh., Jud., Kings.
strength of hand ] so vv. 14, 16. The usual expression is a strong hand ( v. 9): see on Exo 6:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
3 4. No leavened bread to be eaten on the day of the Exodus.
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3 16. Moses’ promulgation to the people of directions respecting ( a) Maoth, vv. 3 10, and ( b) the sanctity of the firstborn, vv. 11 16. Both passages approximate in style and tone to Deuteronomy (cf. on Exo 12:25-27 a); and it is probable that they are both parenetic expansions, by the compiler of JE, of a simpler original in J, contained perhaps in vv. 3a (to people), 4, 6 7, 10, 12 13.
( a) 3 10. Maoth. Regulations respecting Maoth have already been given to Moses by Jehovah in Exo 12:14-20 (P); but the differences, both material (no mention of a ‘holy convocation,’ with restrictions from work, on the 1st and 7th days; different name, ‘Abib,’ for the month; the 7th, not the 1st day, the ‘pilgrimage’) and linguistic, shew that the regulations found here cannot be by the same writer, but that they have been taken by the compiler from the source J. Cf. the note on Exo 12:21-27.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Exo 13:3-4
Remember this day.
A day to be remembered
1. Gods commands and His servants obedience are sweetly united together.
2. Deliverance of the Church from Egyptian bondage is justly chargeable on their memory.
3. Jehovah the Author of deliverance is to be minded with His work, and power of doing it.
4. Remembrance of Jehovah carrieth with it mindfulness of duty and service to Him (Exo 13:3).
5. Days and months of mercy are ordered by God to be remembered (Exo 13:4). (G. Hughes, B. D.)
Days to be remembered
I. There are days in the history of individuals which ought to be celebrated.
II. There are days in the history of churches which ought to be celebrated.
III. There are days in the history of nations which ought to be celebrated. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
3. Moses said unto the people,Remember this dayThe day that gave them a national existenceand introduced them into the privileges of independence and freedom,deserved to live in the memories of the Hebrews and their posterity;and, considering the signal interposition of God displayed in it, tobe held not only in perpetual, but devout remembrance.
house of bondageliterally,”house of slaves”that is, a servile and degradingcondition.
for by strength of hand theLord brought you out from this placeThe emancipation of Israelwould never have been obtained except it had been wrung from theEgyptian tyrant by the appalling judgments of God, as had been at theoutset of his mission announced to Moses (Ex3:19).
There shall no leavenedbread, &c.The words are elliptical, and the meaning of theclause may be paraphrased thus:”For by strength of hand theLord brought you out from this place, in such haste that there couldor should be no leavened bread eaten.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Moses said unto the people,…. After the Lord had spoken to him, and said the above things:
remember this day in which ye came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; or “of servants” x where they had been servants to the Egyptians, by whom they had been made to serve with rigour, and their lives made bitter with hard bondage; that country had been like a prison house unto them, where they had been detained captives, and treated in a very cruel manner; but now they were come out of this place and state of servitude, even that very day, the fifteenth of Nisan; and which therefore it became them to remember, they and theirs, in all succeeding generations, as the Lord had directed, and which is afterwards repeated to impress it the more upon their, minds and memories:
for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out of this place; it was not by their own might and strength that they were redeemed from their state of bondage, but by the mighty hand of the Lord who wrought such signs and wonders before Pharaoh and his servants, and inflicted such plagues upon them, which none but an omnipotent hand could do, which obliged them at last to let them go: and if the Israelites were under obligation, on account of this redemption, to remember the day when it was in this wonderful manner wrought out, much, more reason have we to remember the redemption by Christ the mighty Redeemer, whose own arm wrought salvation for us, and delivered us out of the hands of our spiritual enemies, that were stronger than we, by frequently attending the ordinance of the Lord’s supper, which is instituted to bring this amazing affair to our remembrance, and which is to be continued for that purpose unto the second coming of Christ:
there shall no leavened bread be eaten; as they then on this very day had no other but unleavened bread to eat, so they should eat no other on this day and the six days following, in successive ages unto the coming of the Messiah.
x “e domo servorum”, Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Vatablus, & Drusius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 3, 4:
“This day” is the first day of Israel’s journey out of Egypt. It was to be a perpetual remembrance to Israel, as the day in which Jehovah delivered them “by strength of hand,” or by His powerful protection.”
Verse 4 is the first mention of the name of the month in which Israel was delivered: the month Abib. The name means “greenness,” indicating that it was in the Spring.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
3. And Moses said unto the people. He repeats what he had said more at length in the foregoing chapter, respecting the unleavened bread, not so much to instruct as to exhort them; for he had already expressed the matter with so much clearness, that there was no need of further explanation; but it was useful to stimulate them, that they might devote themselves with greater zeal to their duty, and especially lest, after a longer lapse of time, their ardor should, as usual, gradually abate. He therefore exhorts them, that after they cane into the land, they should diligently observe what he had before commanded. And from the context here, it is plain that the two commands as to the sanctifying the first-born, and celebrating the passover, had the same object, viz., that their deliverance should retain the elect people in the special service of the true God.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(3) Remember this day.Remembrance was secured in four ways:(1) By the month being made to commence the ecclesiastical year; (2) by the institution of the Passover; (3) by the seven days of unleavened bread; and (4) by the redemption, and the inquiries it would necessitate (Exo. 13:14-15).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
One might have thought that that generation at least would never have been in danger of forgetting this deliverance. But alas! man in all ages needs memorandums of mercies to be continually brought before him. Hence the Lord graciously instituted the feast of unleavened bread. Reader! Are you and I in danger of forgetting our spiritual deliverance from Egypt by the Lord Jesus Christ? Did not our Lord institute his Holy Supper to this very end, that we might remember him? Luk 22:19 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Ver. 3. Remember. ] Heb., To remember, indefinitely; q.d., Remember perpetually, and commemorate.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
leavened = fermented.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Remember: Exo 12:42, Exo 20:8, Exo 23:15, Deu 5:15, Deu 15:15, Deu 16:3, Deu 16:12, Deu 24:18, Deu 24:22, 1Ch 16:12, Psa 105:5, Luk 22:19, 1Co 11:24
out of the: Exo 13:14, Exo 20:2, Deu 5:6, Deu 6:12, Deu 8:14, Deu 13:5, Deu 13:10, Jos 24:17
bondage: Heb. servants
strength: Exo 6:1, Deu 4:34, Deu 11:2, Deu 11:3, Neh 9:10, Eph 1:19
there: Exo 12:8, Exo 12:15, Mat 10:12, 1Co 5:8
Reciprocal: Exo 13:9 – strong hand Lev 23:5 – General Lev 25:55 – my servants Deu 4:37 – and brought Deu 6:21 – with a mighty Deu 7:8 – Lord brought Deu 26:8 – the Lord Est 9:22 – the days Psa 114:1 – Israel Psa 136:11 – brought out Jer 34:13 – out of Hos 12:13 – General Mar 14:12 – the first Act 12:3 – Then
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of {a} bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be {b} eaten.
(a) Where they were in most cruel slavery.
(b) To signify that they did not have time to leaven their bread.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The Passover ("it," cf. Exo 13:3) was to be a sign to the Israelites of God’s powerful work for them.